The barrage of political bullets against the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Madam Jean Mensa has become a cliche of members of the National Democratic Congress.
The Electoral Commission is not beyond reproach since it is managed by humans who are albeit fallible.Nonetheless, critics should measure the level of animadversion.
Jean Mensa has been on the chopping board for attending a soiree organised by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in December, 2018.
I find her presence at the soiree tactless despite being invited alongside other women occupying enviable positions within and without Ghana.
The argument of the National Democratic Congress is that her presence meant that she is a sympathiser of the ruling political party and cannot be trusted as an impartial umpire to officiate in the 2020 general elections.
Fetchingly, the NDC must raise an alarm on that but the facts at the soiree makes it a pointless issue.
1. The soiree was not clandestinely organised and was open to the media.
2. Reporters from mainstream media houses were there and covered the event.
3. Furthermore, the soiree was graced by women ambassadors from Columbia, Turkey, South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Mexico and others.
5. Notable amongst the aforementioned were; Mrs Francess Virginia Anderson, Sierra Leonean Ambassador, Madam Genevieve A. Kennedy, Liberian Ambassador and Madam Diana Acconcia, the European Union Ambassador.
6. These same distinguished guests were invited by the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, Mr. John Dramani Mahama in February to "discuss" the 31st January, 2019 By- election violence at Ayawaso West Wuogon.
If Mahama trusted their judgment then why can't the NDC trust that the soiree was not meant for only NPP women appointees but women holding high-level positions to break bread at the end of the calendar year?
It is therefore conclusively safe to say that the refrain and scripting of Jean Mensa being in the pocket of the ruling government is to say the least ho-hum to our ears.
Source: Nana Dumfe/ Concerned Citizen
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So being EC chairperson entails that you cannot attend state functions of any form in this country? Is this captured in the 1992 constitution or what? This attacks on the EC chair is the manifestation of Ofosu Ampofo's tape by the NDC. I pray that they don not succeed in their machinations.
The Problem is the NDC's incompetence and inability to comunicate to Ghanaians her programs and policies to help Ghana come out of the numerous economic problems. You see the message of the NPP is 'Ghana beyond aid'. And in this message are policies in place to change the status quo of the Guggisberg economic structures as inherited from our Colonial past. We see the massive infrastructural interventions in the Railway sector,1D1F programs are picking up and many others in the pipe line, to borrow the phrase from the NDC. Now, upon all these what do we hear from the oppposition to present a better alternative? Aside the NDC playing it down with false allegations in terms of wishful thinking and malice aforethinking. Clearly, under this circumstance there is noway NDC can win election against NPP. Therefore, all those false allegations against the EC Boss are blantan creations of the NDC out of frustration and incompetence. There is, indeed, a deficient bottom-line political strategy and message from the NDC to combat the robust NPP political expediency. NDC should not blame it on the EC as escape goat.
Jean, just keep focused and do what is right according to your work discription as EC Boss. You have the whole of Ghana behind you and no amount of NDC's mischief can malign your hard-earned reputation. Collaterally, NDC is being distroyed in her own planted forest of lies and malice aforethought. Out of her own political incompetence, she is despirately bent on propaganda, baseless polemic, dirty politicking to grievously compensate her inability to formulate subtansive Governace and Economic policies to match NPP. Thus, can only come to power through the back door, rigging of elections and hence feels uncomfortable with the presence of Jean as EC Boss who is strongly determined to do the right thing by law. That is the problem of the NDC beating about the bussh and its' excesses.